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so the public is on the ballot in november, and i am turning everybody in michigan to vote down. we don't need dictatorship. it is a dictated view. >> host: thanks so much on the mall of the government in relation to the city and its relationship with federal government. and detroit. swb writes the government should do its job and maintain the general welfare. from debate news the numbers are in on how many people watched on television. more than 600 million watched the debate in this election cycle nearly 15 million were going to watch the first presidential debate four years ago. about 12 of the 67 that watched president obama square off against mitt romney on wednesday were in the ages of 18 to 34, nearly 31 million for 55 years or older. fox news channel averaged 10.4 million viewers that's an improvement over 8.24 years ago. cnn had about 6.1. about a million of your drop from the late. but still strong enough to beat msnbc's average of 4.7 million. this number of course does not include the numbers of people that watched on the internet or their mobile devices, and also c-s
so the public is on the ballot in november, and i am turning everybody in michigan to vote down. we don't need dictatorship. it is a dictated view. >> host: thanks so much on the mall of the government in relation to the city and its relationship with federal government. and detroit. swb writes the government should do its job and maintain the general welfare. from debate news the numbers are in on how many people watched on television. more than 600 million watched the debate in this...
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something could change in michigan a month from now changing dynamics a lot. 16 votes in michigan. likewise, as of today; right? ohio is in the toss up category. you know, a lot can happen in ohio, and ohio could be in the romney camp a month from now. you know, we don't really know. it's a fluid situation. clearly despite historic trends both voters in the economy, unemployment rates, presidential approval, all of those things are true, and all of those things are daunting for the president's re-election, but the math of the electoral college today puts the president in a pretty strong position. the interesting is the polling over the last couple months, the national polls, this is a dead even race. it's, you know, over the last four months or so, it's not changedded much. 5% and 7% of the likely voters in the polls saying they are undecided, that's a small number of undecided people, particularly before votes in conventions have not played out and folks have not learned about romney. to be undecided at this point is surprising. you'd think it would be bigger. it's been a dead eve
something could change in michigan a month from now changing dynamics a lot. 16 votes in michigan. likewise, as of today; right? ohio is in the toss up category. you know, a lot can happen in ohio, and ohio could be in the romney camp a month from now. you know, we don't really know. it's a fluid situation. clearly despite historic trends both voters in the economy, unemployment rates, presidential approval, all of those things are true, and all of those things are daunting for the president's...
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. >> when he started talking about crime in flint, michigan, if you, if what he said one, one forum was true or borderline, you just had to wait about 20 minutes and suddenly the statistics were changing and things were getting more out of line. i think we had him in about three different misstatements of fact in three different forums, the crime rate in flint, michigan. we are just about out of time. do we have time for a request from the awed -- a question from the audience? i guess we don't. we have one minute. i will turn it back over to kathleen so we can stay on schedule. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> if one of the goals of the fact-checking process is increasing the likelihood that the candidates change their behavior i think we're hearing that that doesn't happen very often. i think however the panelists have not taken credit for something they deserve credit for, at least partial credit. the claim that romney had produced 100,000 jobs net-net, i think was effectively backed off by the fact-checking process. it was glenn i believe in the "washington post" who comme
. >> when he started talking about crime in flint, michigan, if you, if what he said one, one forum was true or borderline, you just had to wait about 20 minutes and suddenly the statistics were changing and things were getting more out of line. i think we had him in about three different misstatements of fact in three different forums, the crime rate in flint, michigan. we are just about out of time. do we have time for a request from the awed -- a question from the audience? i guess we...
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and that's what we do in michigan. and for decades, this has been the foundation of our economy and it, frankly, created the middle class of this country and we're proud that it started in michigan with the beginning of the automobile industry. it's no coincidence that as those jobs have disappeared over the decades, that the middle class has begun to disappear as well and families are feeling more and more difficult -- are feeling in more and more difficult situations permanently as a result of that. those jobs have been the driving force of our economy for decades, as i indicated. those jobs are the jobs that have allowed the greatest generation to build the greatest economy in the world. the greatest economy we've ever seen. and those jobs led to tree-lined streets with at least one car in every driveway and the freedom to raise a family and send them to college and maybe have the cottage up north or be able to take family on vacation and have the american dream. today, in fact, that dream is in jeopardy and every a
and that's what we do in michigan. and for decades, this has been the foundation of our economy and it, frankly, created the middle class of this country and we're proud that it started in michigan with the beginning of the automobile industry. it's no coincidence that as those jobs have disappeared over the decades, that the middle class has begun to disappear as well and families are feeling more and more difficult -- are feeling in more and more difficult situations permanently as a result...
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pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, nevada and florida. those are the six core states where we already have, we've had full staff in the states for a couple of months now. three or four months now. the other place, the of the staff of a full-time staff as well so we will keep spreading them. they will do everything to able to phone banks, door knocks, at the plant gates or worksites. they will be talking to both union and nonunion workers for change. and getting back to nonunion workers on the issues that they see are important to them. [inaudible] a certain amount of the vote you hope to move? >> yeah, 100%. we are not saying hey, there's three of you out there, i do want to talk to you. try and hit all of them, and we'll see what happens. >> just going way back to health care for a minute, what do you make of this new priority, basically saying -- the new priority basically blaming romney for killing the workers wife, this cancer patient. has been a brouhaha about over the last few days. >> i really haven't seen the ad. i read sort of a
pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, nevada and florida. those are the six core states where we already have, we've had full staff in the states for a couple of months now. three or four months now. the other place, the of the staff of a full-time staff as well so we will keep spreading them. they will do everything to able to phone banks, door knocks, at the plant gates or worksites. they will be talking to both union and nonunion workers for change. and getting back to nonunion workers on...
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i got a letter from a man in michigan who called robo callers, and i quote, ma left owe lent predators, clearly prowling among the uninformed and unsuspecting for opportunities to trick them out of money. he closed his letter asking us to quote, please put your best investigators on this and protect the american people from such evil marauders. that's exactly what we've been trying to do here at the ftc. we've sued rachel multiple times as well as some of her chipper coworkers like heather from card holder services and stacy from card holder services. in fact we have brought more than a dozen cases targeting illegal robo calls, taking action against 42 companies and 24 individuals and we have stopped billions, literally billions of illegal robo calls. spoiler alert. we have more cases in the pipeline just stay tuned for the next couple of weeks. you can look forward to continued aggressive law enforcement from the ftc as well as from our state and federal partners some of whom are here today. that said we know law enforcement alone can't stop illegal robo callers and that's why all of
i got a letter from a man in michigan who called robo callers, and i quote, ma left owe lent predators, clearly prowling among the uninformed and unsuspecting for opportunities to trick them out of money. he closed his letter asking us to quote, please put your best investigators on this and protect the american people from such evil marauders. that's exactly what we've been trying to do here at the ftc. we've sued rachel multiple times as well as some of her chipper coworkers like heather from...
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you come from the state of michigan. that's a little different than montana. but we both know the midwest has been under incredible drought. there have been fires all over this country. i talked to the ranking member on the train yesterday, was talking about fires in kansas. and we've had fires in montana. is there a -- is there disaster assistance in this bill if the house were to take it up and get it passed, would we not have to worry about that, would it be taken care of in the farm bill? a senator: i want to thank my friend from montana. and i've called him more than one time in montana and he says, i'm in the field, i'm getting off the tractor. but you speak with authority. the answer is yes, comprehensive disaster assistance paid for in the saving of our farm bill. mr. tester: and so if you combine that with the safety net, if -- if we don't do a farm bill like the house wants to do and just have an extension, what will happen to that $23 billion in taxpayer savings? ms. stabenow: it goes away. there is no $23 billion in taxpayer savings if -- if we don
you come from the state of michigan. that's a little different than montana. but we both know the midwest has been under incredible drought. there have been fires all over this country. i talked to the ranking member on the train yesterday, was talking about fires in kansas. and we've had fires in montana. is there a -- is there disaster assistance in this bill if the house were to take it up and get it passed, would we not have to worry about that, would it be taken care of in the farm bill? a...
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president obama stopped in michigan. he will be talking about the economy and extending tax cuts. >> and again, of course live coverage of the senate later today. they will become at 2:00. we will hear from president obama will be making a stop in michigan. he's going to talk about the economy and extended tax cuts. he's been working on a deal with john boehner. they met yesterday to discuss the fiscal cliff. the president will visit a diameter eco-plant in redford. and as "the detroit news" reports, the company plans to announce $109 investment in that plan for new technology and expanding their production. you can watch the president's remarks live at about 2:00 eastern over on our companion network, c-span. >> friday, former reagan officials reflected on the 1987 negotiations on a nuclear missile treaty with the soviet union. the intermediate nuclear forces treaty, or inf, led to the destruction of thousands of europe-based nuclear missiles on both sides. speakers here will include former assistant secretary of state
president obama stopped in michigan. he will be talking about the economy and extending tax cuts. >> and again, of course live coverage of the senate later today. they will become at 2:00. we will hear from president obama will be making a stop in michigan. he's going to talk about the economy and extended tax cuts. he's been working on a deal with john boehner. they met yesterday to discuss the fiscal cliff. the president will visit a diameter eco-plant in redford. and as "the...
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actually if you look at michigan, detroit is a disaster area. but she got 10 miles around and there's pitiful suburbs everywhere. and it's not that bad. it's just change. and i will come back. i agree with that. you will probably get coming in now, i have a theory that within three or four years you will see huge chinese investment in land and development in this country because they're going to put their money somewhere. >> that's a good segue, rupert. the first question from the audience. thank you, appreciated. an interesting one, something i wanted to touch on. what can we learn from other countries in the way they think about immigration? other countries other than united states. what should we be learning from them? >> well, we learn anything we can if they are successful. i think what looks successful at airports not a great example. they pay a lot of money to get the very, very -- as a result they have to higher gdp per person. it's terrific. but if you look at australia, new zealand, places with better policies. i wouldn't say australia
actually if you look at michigan, detroit is a disaster area. but she got 10 miles around and there's pitiful suburbs everywhere. and it's not that bad. it's just change. and i will come back. i agree with that. you will probably get coming in now, i have a theory that within three or four years you will see huge chinese investment in land and development in this country because they're going to put their money somewhere. >> that's a good segue, rupert. the first question from the...
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pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, iowa, new hampshire and florida is were i'm going to be spent most of my time. but coincidentally, that's where a lot of your targeted seats are. so as jim even said to me in 1978 when i was running for election, he said he never called me senator or joe. he always called me, he always called me young man. and he says young man, he said what would jim before you in delaware? i said well, i said mr. chairman, some places you would help in some places you would hurt. and he looked at me, all kidding aside, and said i will come to go and campaign for you or against you, son, whichever will help you the most. [laughter] i'm prepared to go with steve anywhere to campaign for you, and i will campaign if it helps to be against you, of the attention. if it helps to before you of be be 40 but because we cannot succeed unless y'all come back. thank you all very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we have the vice president for a few minutes before -- [inaudible] >> vice president joe biden at the democrat strategy retreat in maryland. president obama will be t
pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, iowa, new hampshire and florida is were i'm going to be spent most of my time. but coincidentally, that's where a lot of your targeted seats are. so as jim even said to me in 1978 when i was running for election, he said he never called me senator or joe. he always called me, he always called me young man. and he says young man, he said what would jim before you in delaware? i said well, i said mr. chairman, some places you would help in some places you would hurt....
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. >> host: sue, independent caller, grand lake, michigan, good morning. >> caller: hi. i'm in northern michigan right now, and we got a good deal -- we have a cottage we bought this past year; however, we have a house down state, and we did -- we bout it at the prime, and we lost, oh, gosh, probably $100,000 on the house. will we see a recovery? some say it will be 30 years for this to come back. >> guest: yeah, that's a troubling question for a lot of current homeowners in terms of when prices come back to something consistent with what they invested in their ohm at this point. of course, each local market is different. some markets right now are exhibiting fairly solid increases in prices so those markets recover much more quickly, but given the apparently sizable amount of equities that you no longer have in the home because prices decline, i can't give you a specific year or number of years, but certainly probably will be a few years assuming we have a solid recovery overall and prices increase in the locale where your home is located. >> host: washington, d.c. call
. >> host: sue, independent caller, grand lake, michigan, good morning. >> caller: hi. i'm in northern michigan right now, and we got a good deal -- we have a cottage we bought this past year; however, we have a house down state, and we did -- we bout it at the prime, and we lost, oh, gosh, probably $100,000 on the house. will we see a recovery? some say it will be 30 years for this to come back. >> guest: yeah, that's a troubling question for a lot of current homeowners in...
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. >> host: that's michigan on the republican's line. let's hear from our independent line. austin, texas. good morning, go ahead. >> caller: good morning, how are you? i am very happy that nancy pelosi has decided to run again for minority leader. and i'd like to comment on your previous caller before me. she had made a statement that nancy pelosi does not do what she always says, which i find very incorrect. nancy has always stood or the minority of the american population, the poor, especially if you remember her efforts in trying to pass the schip in the previous election. and she did so, and she stood her ground, and right now we see the same woman speaking very well. she's not stumbling into words like your previous caller suggested. she is strong and she is right not asking and encouraging that more women to please join the senate. and i would also like to see more women join the house and be voted into the house. >> host: there are a record number of women coming into the u.s. senate this time. that would be the 113th congress, that's for sure a couple more minutes o
. >> host: that's michigan on the republican's line. let's hear from our independent line. austin, texas. good morning, go ahead. >> caller: good morning, how are you? i am very happy that nancy pelosi has decided to run again for minority leader. and i'd like to comment on your previous caller before me. she had made a statement that nancy pelosi does not do what she always says, which i find very incorrect. nancy has always stood or the minority of the american population, the...
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difficulty that was faced with people that are interested try to follow the money and i think it was in michigan supreme court, that justices were thrown out of office, and it was like looking at a came in bank account. it was layer upon layer up online or upon layer of protective corporation. and again, it just points up what i said, these people do not like transparency. i think it's important but it's difficult. >> yeah, i come it all goes back to disclosure and focusing light on the problem. i'm not the constantly speaking on these issues. i was in seattle this past weekend, and just had a tremendous reception. folks had no ideas what's happening in the judicial system. and influence that corporations are attempting to have on the judicial system. so we've got to educate and disclose. i mean, those are what we have to do. you know, as a result of what i've gone through, i was a justice on the mississippi supreme court, subject to a lot of the negative advertising, i feel i am compelled to speak out. in the worst thing that happened to me is i'm in private practice and am making lawyer money
difficulty that was faced with people that are interested try to follow the money and i think it was in michigan supreme court, that justices were thrown out of office, and it was like looking at a came in bank account. it was layer upon layer up online or upon layer of protective corporation. and again, it just points up what i said, these people do not like transparency. i think it's important but it's difficult. >> yeah, i come it all goes back to disclosure and focusing light on the...
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memoirs from governors, south carolina's nicky haley and jan brand michigan chief executive jennifer granthome tonight at 8:00 eastern and c-span2. >> merriman senator barbara mikulski was recognized to become the longest serving woman in the history of the u.s. congress. she went into her fifth term last year and longest serving woman in the u.s. senate. she was directed to the house in 1976 and the first elected to the senate in 1986. during this to be we will hear remarks from nancy pelosi, connecticut representative barbara kennelly and joe biden for 45 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the celebration of not will leave the longest serving women in the history of the united states congress but the great leadership of senator barbara mikulski. [applause] >> it is not just about the length of time. it is about the quality of service and leadership. it is about the personality that she is. it is about the history that she has made. it is about the progress she is making for the american people. aren't we honored to be with her this evening. [applause] >> on saturday, sa
memoirs from governors, south carolina's nicky haley and jan brand michigan chief executive jennifer granthome tonight at 8:00 eastern and c-span2. >> merriman senator barbara mikulski was recognized to become the longest serving woman in the history of the u.s. congress. she went into her fifth term last year and longest serving woman in the u.s. senate. she was directed to the house in 1976 and the first elected to the senate in 1986. during this to be we will hear remarks from nancy...
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the death penalty having been rejected and in michigan on the basis of the fact that two men have been executed and ateit was established that they were innocent. i think the likelihood is that the public generally will come to realize that it's a tremendous waste of resources in administering the death penalty and on a state-by-state basis they will reach the conclusion which i think the constitution would also --. >> thank you, justice. [applause] >> you michelle fields from washington d.c.. can. i get your thoughts on the supreme court's impending health care decision and whether you think -- [laughter] it looks good or bad for the administration? >> that is really an easy question to answer because i have not read the briefs. i have made a very conscious effort not to try to decide difficult issues without hearing both sides of the issue. [applause] >> justice stevens i want to tell you that i finished reading five chiefs last week and what i hope that everybody does is not only get the book and read it but it is the perfect look for people who are not lawyers. it's the most amazin
the death penalty having been rejected and in michigan on the basis of the fact that two men have been executed and ateit was established that they were innocent. i think the likelihood is that the public generally will come to realize that it's a tremendous waste of resources in administering the death penalty and on a state-by-state basis they will reach the conclusion which i think the constitution would also --. >> thank you, justice. [applause] >> you michelle fields from...
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this is a job for the michigan state police, not the department of defense. okay. by the way, by and large most of the information we knew, okay, we knew about umar farouk abdulmutallab, the guy coming into detroit was all foreign derived. i think it was mistake to mirandize him in 50 minutes because our base of him is foreign intelligence. to me the right entry point was, enemy combatant, nation at war, deal with it that way. on the other hand if someone is discovered and prevented in an attack in the united states by the fbi the roots of that information are law enforcement derived. the going in position is we ought to treat this as a law enforcement problem and enter this into the american court system. i suppose if we stayed her long enough we could think of exceptions but in broad measure my sense is that is how we should deal with it. i hope made it worth your while coming here this afternoon. i hope you have left with more questions than you had when you came in. that was my intent. and thank you very much for the opportunity. and, go air force. [applause] >
this is a job for the michigan state police, not the department of defense. okay. by the way, by and large most of the information we knew, okay, we knew about umar farouk abdulmutallab, the guy coming into detroit was all foreign derived. i think it was mistake to mirandize him in 50 minutes because our base of him is foreign intelligence. to me the right entry point was, enemy combatant, nation at war, deal with it that way. on the other hand if someone is discovered and prevented in an...
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tom has the university of michigan roots as does jeremy, big finding in political science, right? democrats vote for democrats, republicans vote for republicans. that's our major, huge, huge finding. but there's something that -- that's reality. so you take party id, you take the nature of the times, that doesn't leave much room for advertising to have an effect. even if this election, like previous presidential elections, is going to be a referendum on the incumbent, the challenger still needs to reach that threshold level of credibility. nice not teaching freshmen, i actually see some people who might remember the 1980 elections unlike most people who i usually talk to. all the fundamental factors were in ronald reagan's direction, but that race didn't pop until very late when he reached that threshold level of credibility. so the reason why we're seeing such intense, negative advertising for obama is obama knows there's not much he can do to change his own numbers, and he's trying to define mitt romney. why do we see so much on local television? yeah, campaigns can nanotarget a
tom has the university of michigan roots as does jeremy, big finding in political science, right? democrats vote for democrats, republicans vote for republicans. that's our major, huge, huge finding. but there's something that -- that's reality. so you take party id, you take the nature of the times, that doesn't leave much room for advertising to have an effect. even if this election, like previous presidential elections, is going to be a referendum on the incumbent, the challenger still needs...
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i just came from michigan. and there's very few states that had been harder hit by these long-term trends than michigan. but you can feel this sense of renewed purpose and renewed hope in that state. they understand that had we not acted, a million jobs might have been lost. they understand that had we not acted, the big three automakers but then all the suppliers, the entire ecosystem of the economy in that state would have been decimated. and now they're thinking, gm is number 1 again. [applause] >> and chrysler is on the move again. mra[applause] >> and ford is investing in plants again. you get a restoration of hope and possibility. but people understand that the jobs will not done. not even close to being done yet. and they understand if we're going to finish the job, then we've got to first of all make sure that american manufacturing is strong. and that means we're creating a tax code that doesn't provide tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas we are focusing on companies that are inves
i just came from michigan. and there's very few states that had been harder hit by these long-term trends than michigan. but you can feel this sense of renewed purpose and renewed hope in that state. they understand that had we not acted, a million jobs might have been lost. they understand that had we not acted, the big three automakers but then all the suppliers, the entire ecosystem of the economy in that state would have been decimated. and now they're thinking, gm is number 1 again....
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also, i represent a district in the great state of michigan which is a proud state of a fever and son. a home grown son, age and brian terry. we take that as important. also, i appreciate very much mr. horwitz, your work, extensive work. valuable work. representative langford touched on the grassley letter. >> i do, congressman. we asked for everything we thought was responsive and we ultimately got everything we asked for. >> do you believe everything that was necessary the received? >> everything as noted in the report, we asked for some personal e-mails, given the fact that we went in personal e-mail accounts. >> well, i would reiterate what we were asking here in this committee as well for the same type of document so we could've done this review. it would have ultimately brought about instantiating a report of what you were able to bring. as i understand it, you personally reviewed the "fast and furious" wiretap applications that is correct. >> former atf director director says that after he read the wiretaps, he was sick to his stomach. did you have a similar reaction? >> i came
also, i represent a district in the great state of michigan which is a proud state of a fever and son. a home grown son, age and brian terry. we take that as important. also, i appreciate very much mr. horwitz, your work, extensive work. valuable work. representative langford touched on the grassley letter. >> i do, congressman. we asked for everything we thought was responsive and we ultimately got everything we asked for. >> do you believe everything that was necessary the...
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. >> host: glenn, freeland, michigan. please go ahead. hi. >> caller: hi. thank you all very much. couple of fast questions for dr. johnson. one, does he think privacy or hack of privacy on the internet and stuff like that might ever lead to an orwellian kind of big brother situation? and, two, what does he think about the idea of cloning, especially the idea of human cloning? thank you again. >> guest: well, first off, i really want to thank you for calling me dr. johnson, but one of the things that happened when i started writing these books is i never finished by ph.d., so i'm not a dr. johnson can which my 99-year-old grandmother who is watching this show, no doubt, is always teasing me about, that i never actually finished that ph.d.. so -- but i've written all these books, surely, i should get some credit for that. [laughter] anyhow, i, um -- what was the -- [laughter] i got distracted by that. >> host: privacy, and you closed "future perfect" on the issue of privacy and technology. >> guest: yeah, yeah. so, it's a really, really important issue, and we -- what's happened now
. >> host: glenn, freeland, michigan. please go ahead. hi. >> caller: hi. thank you all very much. couple of fast questions for dr. johnson. one, does he think privacy or hack of privacy on the internet and stuff like that might ever lead to an orwellian kind of big brother situation? and, two, what does he think about the idea of cloning, especially the idea of human cloning? thank you again. >> guest: well, first off, i really want to thank you for calling me dr. johnson,...
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minnesota, and michigan and pennsylvania for some of this late romney moved. pennsylvania i don't really buy that its competitive. i've been keeping a close eye on it for a long time, but if it's going to be then it's going to be competitive because republicans are going to be able to turn out a large number of voters in the western half of the state, pittsburgh, johnstown the user be held by jack murtha is told by congressman mark chris was the only district in the country to vote for john kerry in 2004 and john mccain in 2008 the only from d to are in the election and those are the voters that president obama once derided to their guns in the region and they are the exact kind of white working-class voters having the most trouble connecting with. succumb if the republicans are going to put in play the will to live in a sneak attack way and on the western half of the state the obama campaign as well by the way they've got to turn out machine the philadelphia there's a reason some of these are not advertising in philadelphia. they don't want the obama campaign
minnesota, and michigan and pennsylvania for some of this late romney moved. pennsylvania i don't really buy that its competitive. i've been keeping a close eye on it for a long time, but if it's going to be then it's going to be competitive because republicans are going to be able to turn out a large number of voters in the western half of the state, pittsburgh, johnstown the user be held by jack murtha is told by congressman mark chris was the only district in the country to vote for john...
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. >> host: next is a call from brownstown michigan. james is watching us. hi, james. >> caller: good morning. i am an independent and i look at this as nothing more than a backdoor bail out for the banks. he astarte stated these funds were made and can't be paid back so well by temperament tanks. just add, i don't understand what the big deal is with china. we of the federal reserve more money than china and hopefully the senate will vote to audit the fed so they can actually see where our money goes. am i mistaken or is that pretty much was going to happen? >> guest: you know, i mentioned the audit before this and i understand this is the source of a lot of concern for americans. years of people worry about. if it turns out the federal reserve had these powers were not aware of back four years ago or three years ago when the economy was on the brink of tipping into a new depression and it was very aggressive and people say that's a lot of power. we didn't know they had it. you have to look at results here. the federal reserve did an internal study. a feder
. >> host: next is a call from brownstown michigan. james is watching us. hi, james. >> caller: good morning. i am an independent and i look at this as nothing more than a backdoor bail out for the banks. he astarte stated these funds were made and can't be paid back so well by temperament tanks. just add, i don't understand what the big deal is with china. we of the federal reserve more money than china and hopefully the senate will vote to audit the fed so they can actually see...
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the role of the case called michigan versus summers, which held that the police have the authority to detain the occupancy of the house in the execution of a search warrant regardless of the degree of individualized suspicion during the execution of the search and that is the rule the supreme court adopted because concerns for the officers' safety and out of the desire to ensure the orderly completion of the search. well, our case, bailey versus the united states presents the question of how far that russia now extends. so in our case, the police or about to execute a search warrant at a house and saw to individuals leaving the house and they were surveying the house seemingly under cover and they proceeded to follow the individuals for a mile away from the house to detain the individuals and then to bring them back to the house invoking the rule of michigan versus summers, and the question is whether the justifications for the categorical rule and extension of the rule to the situation which the individuals were detained away from the house and really before the police commenced the
the role of the case called michigan versus summers, which held that the police have the authority to detain the occupancy of the house in the execution of a search warrant regardless of the degree of individualized suspicion during the execution of the search and that is the rule the supreme court adopted because concerns for the officers' safety and out of the desire to ensure the orderly completion of the search. well, our case, bailey versus the united states presents the question of how...
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davis from michigan. morning. >> caller: yes. as far as speaking about then t colony and the moon is that's speculating. les he was not entirely serious entr about a colony and the moon. he would say that so himself. h only this cynical minded one would want to bring it up and make a mountain out of a molehill about that comment, one to allow federally. >> host: you don't think itt was a serious statement? a campaign picks? >> caller: a dream in the far, far future. he wants the market to start becoming educated again to learn mathematics and science. in china those kids are wallowing in arithmetic and has cool. there through the calculus. in america high-school students are just because students.. >> host: did you take it as more of a dream or a serious diu mpaiaign plan? >> the ticket as an ambitious goal. >> the problem with what he -- what he said was that it made this is program work lavish andd i'm grounded and disconnected from the reality going on on the hill, which is theirs is not the money for that.on and there might b
davis from michigan. morning. >> caller: yes. as far as speaking about then t colony and the moon is that's speculating. les he was not entirely serious entr about a colony and the moon. he would say that so himself. h only this cynical minded one would want to bring it up and make a mountain out of a molehill about that comment, one to allow federally. >> host: you don't think itt was a serious statement? a campaign picks? >> caller: a dream in the far, far future. he wants...
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it wasn't even month already in michigan and ohio. it was necessary. and because i have folks like joe biden with me, who can support me when i make tough decisions, we went and did what we thought was right. and i know people may not agree with every decision we make. you know i'm doing it because i'm fighting for the american people. i'm doing what i believe. [cheering and applause] that's what you need from a president. [cheering and applause] yes, we we've been through tough times. there's no quit in america. our businesses have added more than 5 million jobs over the past two and a half years. manufacturing is growing faster than any time since the 1990. unemployment falling to the lowest level since i took office. home values are rising. the stock market rebounded. the assembly lines are humming again. our heroes are coming home. we are moving forward. [cheering and applause] four years ago i promised to cut taxes for middle class families, and i kept that promise. i promised to cut taxes for small business, we have 18 times. we got back every di
it wasn't even month already in michigan and ohio. it was necessary. and because i have folks like joe biden with me, who can support me when i make tough decisions, we went and did what we thought was right. and i know people may not agree with every decision we make. you know i'm doing it because i'm fighting for the american people. i'm doing what i believe. [cheering and applause] that's what you need from a president. [cheering and applause] yes, we we've been through tough times. there's...
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levin, a senator from the state of michigan, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. >> the senate has wrapped up that very brief pro forma session today. senators return for legislative business on monday and later this month the senate intelligence committee will hold its annual hearing on global threats to the united states. let's take a back life to south carolina, charleston south carolina, the republican -- what we are going to do instead of bringing back to life republican leadership conference we will take you back to earlier today as republican leader cons -- leadership conference with remarks from congressman ron paul. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you, thank you. thank you for coming out. so early in the morning. i am delighted to be here. i don't want to introduce my wife who came in and is sitting over here, my wife, carol. [applause] she and i will be celebrating our 55t
levin, a senator from the state of michigan, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. >> the senate has wrapped up that very brief pro forma session today. senators return for legislative business on monday and later this month the senate intelligence committee will hold its annual hearing on global threats to the united...
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the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: first, mr. president, i have four unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you. mr. president, in a short while, i think after noon, we will be officially back on decreasing of what is dubbed the -- back on consideration of what is dubbed the farm bill, the agricultural reform and food and jobs act. this is something we do every five years to be able to secure the safest, most affordable, reliable food supply in the world. we're very proud of what our farmers and ranchers do. we also have the largest investment in land and water conservation that we make as a country on what working lands is made through the farm bill, protecting our great lakes, the chesapeake bay, supporting our farmers who have environmental challenges be able to manage tho
the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: first, mr. president, i have four unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you. mr. president, in a short while, i think after noon, we will be officially back on decreasing of...
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and in the midst -- in the michigan, team chief from jpl. and dougie ellison, visualization producer at jpl, and we will begin with michael watkins. >> a very good morning. we had another fantastic day on mars. curiosity continues to behave basically flawlessly. and executing all the planned activities successfully and phenomenal yesterday. a good time for me to point out that the team operating curiosity is performing basically it flawlessly and completing of planned activities. this is really just a great day all around. so the activity consists of a couple of different things. we are about to -- it would like to upgrade our software on the rover, just like we upgrade our uprighted system under on computer and laptop. we're going to do the same thing. we need a fellow that is optimized. we landed on one that is optimized for lending. but the same token the surface does not have the land the vehicle. you want to switch to this new flight software that is optimized for surface operations, and we're going to do that starting tomorrow. so a li
and in the midst -- in the michigan, team chief from jpl. and dougie ellison, visualization producer at jpl, and we will begin with michael watkins. >> a very good morning. we had another fantastic day on mars. curiosity continues to behave basically flawlessly. and executing all the planned activities successfully and phenomenal yesterday. a good time for me to point out that the team operating curiosity is performing basically it flawlessly and completing of planned activities. this is...
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face been used together in a hospital in minnesota or michigan, someplace like that. [laughter] they both start with m. [laughter] .. >> i was happy to have done that one small thing for bob dole. senator baker, most of the things i know about him, come from people from nevada. paul axel cared a great deal about howard baker. they have the same kind of personalities. they were very soft-spoken, they were very good at what they did, they were not bullies, howard baker, popkin and, paul axel. i'm so grateful to have the opportunity to recognize the purpose of this. the purpose is to do whatever can be done to establish bipartisan cooperation of the senate, and i'm going to continue to do everything i can to establish that. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, former senate majority leader and bipartisan senator beltran for. >> on behalf of the epc, i'm pleased to be here tonight. especially after eating away from the senate. working here every week. as a coleader of the bpc health project with senator tom daschle, we strive to fulfill that principle
face been used together in a hospital in minnesota or michigan, someplace like that. [laughter] they both start with m. [laughter] .. >> i was happy to have done that one small thing for bob dole. senator baker, most of the things i know about him, come from people from nevada. paul axel cared a great deal about howard baker. they have the same kind of personalities. they were very soft-spoken, they were very good at what they did, they were not bullies, howard baker, popkin and, paul...
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and a masters of science in aerospace engineering from the university of michigan. would you welcome general jay old with false? -- general mcfalls? up at the expense i did not that part was happy because i have the easy part here. it's really an honor and privilege to introduce our keynote speaker today, and for our company that cheney was just talking the, the national security partners, to be affiliated and cosponsor with this very prestigious and influential organization, the potomac institute for policy studies. as our tagline states you behind, we are difference makers. national security partners have been supporting many of the organizations that represent in the room as a look around the audience year for separatist. but today i'm jamie says say something nice about dennis bartko whom i've known and our team has support for five years or so. so let me go without. as the nsa directors special assistant for cyber, he leads the nsa cyber task force. when general alexander selected dennis come he opposite new the same thing that i'm about to tell you because the
and a masters of science in aerospace engineering from the university of michigan. would you welcome general jay old with false? -- general mcfalls? up at the expense i did not that part was happy because i have the easy part here. it's really an honor and privilege to introduce our keynote speaker today, and for our company that cheney was just talking the, the national security partners, to be affiliated and cosponsor with this very prestigious and influential organization, the potomac...
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ellen cass is a professor of law at the university of michigan law school where she writes and teaches about election law, civil rights, and remedies and equal protection. she's written major scholarships including one of the largest studies of section 2 of the voting rights act, and she has a contribution to the symposium here at the stanford law and policy review called democrats at doj, why partisan use of the voting rights act might not be so bad after all. before teaching, she worked at the department of justice. joshua tompson is -- thoferson -- thompson is a prom innocent leader of the organization, and he was co-authored the brief to the supreme court in northwest austin municipal utility district number one against holder, a case challenging the constitutionality of section 5 of the voting rights act, an issue that we know is about to return to the supreme court in a variety of ways. finally, nina perales is the mention-american legal defense education fund, and in that role and other things, she supervised offices throughout the united states in the voting rights dockets. she
ellen cass is a professor of law at the university of michigan law school where she writes and teaches about election law, civil rights, and remedies and equal protection. she's written major scholarships including one of the largest studies of section 2 of the voting rights act, and she has a contribution to the symposium here at the stanford law and policy review called democrats at doj, why partisan use of the voting rights act might not be so bad after all. before teaching, she worked at...
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at this time i recognize the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would note that in the fall when we had our earlier hearings, we didn't have the department of energy here when we needed 'em. today we need the department of treasury, we don't have them. it's kind of a curious mix. we do need the treasury to discuss the questions we're addressing today. i note just by way of history that seven of the leadership on the majority side of the aisle supported the legislation. seventeen of my republican colleagues voted for it, and i did too. i still think it's a good idea. having said this, i'd like to address this question. now it is not proper to subordinate u.s. interests to those of other lenders in, under the legislation in the initial loan or loan guarantee, is that right? >> correct, sir. >> okay. but you do need the authority to subordinate in the event that the company gets into trouble. >> yes, sir. >> because at that point you have to refinance. and it's pretty hard to refinance and can
at this time i recognize the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would note that in the fall when we had our earlier hearings, we didn't have the department of energy here when we needed 'em. today we need the department of treasury, we don't have them. it's kind of a curious mix. we do need the treasury to discuss the questions we're addressing today. i note just by way of history that seven of the leadership on the majority side of the...
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article about that gentleman, and the parameters surrounding the horrible situation out in the woods in michigan with a gun, and there's officers surrounding the area felt they were being shot at, and their lives were in danger, and this veteran, this fellow 1 alive and is getting help now and those officers dropped their charges as well. it's an extraordinary level of compassion and understanding about what that guy in the woods alone with a gun was going through. he was in iraq for three tours living with that extraordinary anxiety, tension, and adrenaline. we have no idea, no comprehension at all what that's like in a combat zone, and, you know, we're in three countries now where it's just every day normal life, and a lot of these men and women are serving multiple tours. we have to be aware of that, and, you know, it's going to cost us, but anything of great value is going to be costly, otherwise you have to question its value. you know, when i think of the work we're doing, i'm reminded about the guy who came to the gates of heaven and asked to be let in, and st. peter said, of course, show
article about that gentleman, and the parameters surrounding the horrible situation out in the woods in michigan with a gun, and there's officers surrounding the area felt they were being shot at, and their lives were in danger, and this veteran, this fellow 1 alive and is getting help now and those officers dropped their charges as well. it's an extraordinary level of compassion and understanding about what that guy in the woods alone with a gun was going through. he was in iraq for three...
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[inaudible] >> especially after they beat michigan state on saturday. so, you know, it's a race, as montana and nebraska and republicans should have in the bank going into this, even arizona should be an event. i think the republicans will win it, but because for a lot of different reasons, republicans can't assume those games. i guess you're asking -- i think he will win, nebraska, wisconsin and you take a look at virginia, ohio, maybe pennsylvania to find that magic number. i hope scott brown holds on. but look, it's a cover and i think anybody saw just a few months ago. >> i'd like to make one comment, and i don't mean to just single out one row, one individual, but i've been struck by the fact that some of the super pac ads are not very good. and a just, i'm serious about that. [inaudible] >> but i would think with all the money that those folks, that all these outside groups have, that they could've produced some better ads. i live in northern virginia so i've seen all these ads about the senate race, and i think the ads attacking tim kane at very
[inaudible] >> especially after they beat michigan state on saturday. so, you know, it's a race, as montana and nebraska and republicans should have in the bank going into this, even arizona should be an event. i think the republicans will win it, but because for a lot of different reasons, republicans can't assume those games. i guess you're asking -- i think he will win, nebraska, wisconsin and you take a look at virginia, ohio, maybe pennsylvania to find that magic number. i hope scott...
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recently the state of oklahoma joined the state of south carolina and the state of michigan to challenge title number two relation under dodd-frank. as you know there's a piece of litigation pending under the court challenging note title one, title ii and title ten of dodd-frank. action was brought by the states and the complaint was amended recently within the last couple of months and their concern is with respect to the liquidation of for the that's been granted to the treasury secretary under dodd-frank. the state of oklahoma has approximately $850 million or so in the corporate indebtedness. under dodd-frank as you are aware creditors liquidated by the treasury secretary set up under title to don't even receive notice. the state of indiana in a workout with the auto industry and corporate lost millions of dollars in that process. as you know, indiana tried to address that litigation and was ultimately dismissed because of the standing issues, but this area under title to and liquidation authority is a serious concern in the states because we have tensions and investments that have b
recently the state of oklahoma joined the state of south carolina and the state of michigan to challenge title number two relation under dodd-frank. as you know there's a piece of litigation pending under the court challenging note title one, title ii and title ten of dodd-frank. action was brought by the states and the complaint was amended recently within the last couple of months and their concern is with respect to the liquidation of for the that's been granted to the treasury secretary...
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we're still trying to 112th congress. >> host: our next call comes from michigan. shawn, independent line. caller, go ahead. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. my question to you is about a your disclosure and your willingness to tell the american people what you are -- my question is is there any mechanism within your vision to preempt the boat with getting information out? my issue is, there is a starving need for information. we want to know what our congress is doing. we do have a lack of trust. we see over and over again things are passed or put out. these are quickly disclose, acted on in the next big thing comes up. there's a lot of these that falls under the rug. special interests, earmarks, things are changing the law. change or negation between lawmakers. >> guest: several points. let me touch on a few of them. first of all, as measures are introduced, as issues are discussed, information and reports and so forth, i think with the technology available to put almost everything online, that the american public, not just the people who are making decis
we're still trying to 112th congress. >> host: our next call comes from michigan. shawn, independent line. caller, go ahead. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. my question to you is about a your disclosure and your willingness to tell the american people what you are -- my question is is there any mechanism within your vision to preempt the boat with getting information out? my issue is, there is a starving need for information. we want to know what our congress is doing. we...
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[laughter] [inaudible] out of illinois our neighbors in wisconsin and indiana and iowa and ohio and michigan are doing much better than us. we have got higher than average unemployment. you have more per capita debt than any state of the union. this is the playbook. i made the argument before when president obama was doing the private sector doing fine. you can't blame him. he's using the state of illinois as the foundation point. what we're saying is let's not -- [inaudible] rate with, you know, by two weeks of revenue under the obama current spending trajectory. fall in to that trap. when they asked bill clinton should you raise tax, he said no. about a -- [inaudible] until the white house walked him back. even president obama when he was asked that in egg elkheart, indiana. do you race taxes and president obama was basically making the judgment that i have been making that -- [inaudible] now in the current position, obviously, but i think he got it. now are we not in the recession right now? technical we're not. we're growing over just above the surface of the water. we're growing at abou
[laughter] [inaudible] out of illinois our neighbors in wisconsin and indiana and iowa and ohio and michigan are doing much better than us. we have got higher than average unemployment. you have more per capita debt than any state of the union. this is the playbook. i made the argument before when president obama was doing the private sector doing fine. you can't blame him. he's using the state of illinois as the foundation point. what we're saying is let's not -- [inaudible] rate with, you...
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will give you one example that illustrates this. 1957 a group of psychologists at the university of michigan did surveys of americans' attitudes towards married and unmarried people, and they found that 80% of americans felt that people who wanted to be on married were either sick, a moral or neurotic today it is 49% according to the most recent studies. they would be absurd. so, our attitudes about relationships and marriage has changed tremendously. and i want to say something about the kind of all social problem of the framing and make it clear why i wrote this book the way that i did. we have a tendency and we have had it for a long time to like books that announce a social change and observe the social change and the next press a kind of nostalgia regret about how much we have lost so we constantly portray ourselves as a society that have lost our communities. we become disconnected from each other and we worry. we are lonely americans. we are a lonely crowd. this would have vocabulary has our way of thinking about who we are. but it seems to me that is precisely the wrong kind of langu
will give you one example that illustrates this. 1957 a group of psychologists at the university of michigan did surveys of americans' attitudes towards married and unmarried people, and they found that 80% of americans felt that people who wanted to be on married were either sick, a moral or neurotic today it is 49% according to the most recent studies. they would be absurd. so, our attitudes about relationships and marriage has changed tremendously. and i want to say something about the kind...
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it's because the northern michigan university set of, call it advanced wi-fi, while max network. that gives the students access to distance learning over these networks. it is a demonstration of what can happen with put wireless broadband. i got to go on this trip. is it -- chair of the council of economic advisers. i've never, -- traveled business class. air force one for having seen business class is much better. [laughter] i did get to take, some souvenirs for my kids. it was an experience of a lifetime. there is carl levin. for those who don't know, it's common that senators and congressmen will travel with the president when he goes on air force one along with aids like myself. senator levine, mostly interested in talking about the war in afghanistan. the chair of the arms services committee, and it was touch and that he had no personal agenda and was just concerned about the war. he also wanted the president to autograph some books for his grand kids. here we are. the president although demonstration. here is the wireless innovation initiative about the involuntary spectrum
it's because the northern michigan university set of, call it advanced wi-fi, while max network. that gives the students access to distance learning over these networks. it is a demonstration of what can happen with put wireless broadband. i got to go on this trip. is it -- chair of the council of economic advisers. i've never, -- traveled business class. air force one for having seen business class is much better. [laughter] i did get to take, some souvenirs for my kids. it was an experience...
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the end that entire convention was, a, about women, as we know, but it was about two states, ohio and michigan. i don't know how many times we heard about the auto bailout. i mean, just every speaker except for somebody who spoke about social issues mentioned the auto bailout -- >> the nun. >> exactly. [laughter] >> but it was just astonishing. and so what they are saying and how they are presenting themselves is a story. you don't have to say let's open the mic and let them all say whatever they want. i mean, that's why you have people with experience to go, okay, here's why they're doing this. >> we long since gave up on the notion that the nomination is taking place at the convention, so what do you want to know about these people who want to be president? because of the republican convention, because of the collapsed convention because they thought a hurricane was coming and didn't come, but meanwhile they lost a day, there were a couple of scheduling changes which, actually, governor romney's still paying for. he had a wonderful video about his life which told you as much about the romney
the end that entire convention was, a, about women, as we know, but it was about two states, ohio and michigan. i don't know how many times we heard about the auto bailout. i mean, just every speaker except for somebody who spoke about social issues mentioned the auto bailout -- >> the nun. >> exactly. [laughter] >> but it was just astonishing. and so what they are saying and how they are presenting themselves is a story. you don't have to say let's open the mic and let them...
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so pennsylvania, michigan, minnesota, states they talked about putting in place they've never sent at a time -- cent of time. >> we will get charlie's perspective. i hear you telling me even if i look at a list of polls it may show romney plus two or plus five, romney plus one. there are a lot of obama polls as well. but you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and is actually going to win. >> structurally he has an advantage right now. >> i've gotten closer and there is a debate of course and charlie i know will have a lot to say about this or that, what pulls to believe and are they even trustworthy now? everybody seems to have their own. i don't know that there are actually that many people in ohio. i feel like there are professional polltakers in ohio. sure, i will answer. so there is so much data coming out to you almost don't know what to believe so you have to sort of read what is happening in the campaign. and it's pretty clear that there is, again when you talk about a few of these and you can go through them where the obama edge is still there. so. >> charlie
so pennsylvania, michigan, minnesota, states they talked about putting in place they've never sent at a time -- cent of time. >> we will get charlie's perspective. i hear you telling me even if i look at a list of polls it may show romney plus two or plus five, romney plus one. there are a lot of obama polls as well. but you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and is actually going to win. >> structurally he has an advantage right now. >> i've gotten closer...
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gentlelady's time is expired and i now recognize the gentleman of the full committee the gentleman from michigan mr. upton for five minutes purpose the international committee will meet in december to decide whether to regulate the internet under rules designed for the 1980 era, telephone networks. on the table is supposed to expand the jurisdiction of the u.n. telecommunications union to cover the internet moving away from the current multi-stakeholder governance model that is fostered the modern internet. also at issue is whether to impose great regulation on the exchange of internet traffic across national borders. both of these are terrible ideas. and a time of economic uncertainty and turmoil the internet does remain a job creation and fosters innovation, brings the folks of the worlds together anyways, drives global discussion of important social matters. the internet has become this economic and social juggernaut not because government actors will continue to do so but because the government took a step back and let the private sector drive its evolution. the nonregulatory multi-stakehold
gentlelady's time is expired and i now recognize the gentleman of the full committee the gentleman from michigan mr. upton for five minutes purpose the international committee will meet in december to decide whether to regulate the internet under rules designed for the 1980 era, telephone networks. on the table is supposed to expand the jurisdiction of the u.n. telecommunications union to cover the internet moving away from the current multi-stakeholder governance model that is fostered the...
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. >> fred upton from michigan. as you know, it's been more three years since this administration has been studying the keystone pipeline. the 91 october 2010, secretary clinton was indicated that she was inclined to support this project. in august, this last august august 2011, the state department completed their analysis and agreed that the proposed route was in fact the preferred route. in the payroll tax legislation that we passed, senate as well, we had a provision that the president should decide based on whether it's in the national interest or not as to whether the keystone pipeline should move forward. president obama took off this, the national gas price was $1.83. my district this past weekend was $3.69, more than twice as high. this is a pipeline that will bring as much of a million barrels a day. so, where do we go from here? we have asked already, secretary clinton to come testify before a committee next week. the president will say yes. we want to let the american people know that we will. no option
. >> fred upton from michigan. as you know, it's been more three years since this administration has been studying the keystone pipeline. the 91 october 2010, secretary clinton was indicated that she was inclined to support this project. in august, this last august august 2011, the state department completed their analysis and agreed that the proposed route was in fact the preferred route. in the payroll tax legislation that we passed, senate as well, we had a provision that the president...
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democrats redistricted against republican incumbents and republicans redistricted pennsylvania, ohio, michigan and wisconsin to protect and maintain their games in those states. so that people who thought might be swept out were not. and the republicans not only have the likely 10 year run in the house because of redistricting, they also won a mandate that was interesting. they endorsed the right thing to do all voted for twice, andrew there was the one upstate new york republican who lost in the democrats and we ran some ads about medicare. this is the silver bullet republicans have touched the third rhythmic you don't discuss and hamas. we will now destroy you all. and so you have that republicans back now, all of them had to answer 100 questions about the ryan plan, about block granting and means tested entitlements, about medicare. and survived. as a result. and the new guys had to face the same question. so i would argue that you've got a republican party that not only touched the third rail of republican politics that followed it at great length. and didn't end up where all the smart peo
democrats redistricted against republican incumbents and republicans redistricted pennsylvania, ohio, michigan and wisconsin to protect and maintain their games in those states. so that people who thought might be swept out were not. and the republicans not only have the likely 10 year run in the house because of redistricting, they also won a mandate that was interesting. they endorsed the right thing to do all voted for twice, andrew there was the one upstate new york republican who lost in...
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make our product, we are in extractive industry, so we extract iron ore from mines in minnesota and michigan. we reduced that to elemental metal with carbon. and mostly that is coal which we make in to cope with reduced iron to make steel. it can be a little messy or expensive. it costs $600 million. 600 million. it will run for 30 years. instead we could take natural gas and use that to reduce iron ore to elemental iron at about two-thirds of the cost and have the capital. disruptive technology, several units are already being built. a huge change in technology that would give us great of virginities all enabled by this enormous progress that has been made in energy extraction discovery. a lot of emotion about that subject. at the we should give it a chance and i encourage policy makers. >> do you think -- again, little outside your area, but do you think you may see some of the petro industry coming back to the united states? you say it will go to the mideast or africa or somewhere where the raw material is. >> it will go to were the lowest cost fees are. that is where it goes. pennsylvani
make our product, we are in extractive industry, so we extract iron ore from mines in minnesota and michigan. we reduced that to elemental metal with carbon. and mostly that is coal which we make in to cope with reduced iron to make steel. it can be a little messy or expensive. it costs $600 million. 600 million. it will run for 30 years. instead we could take natural gas and use that to reduce iron ore to elemental iron at about two-thirds of the cost and have the capital. disruptive...
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he is really my brother, but if you have been to west virginia and to ohio and to illinois, to michigan, to missouri and the rest of the coal states as i have and personally visited with the proud fourth and fifth generation coal families as i have and certainly the occupier of the chair has and you know that they will lose their livelihood if alexander pryor saves the e.p.a.'s effort to kill coal, i can't just stand by and idly allow that to happen. let me conclude by speaking to my friends in this body who have yet to make up their minds as to whether they will support my resolution. i know that everyone here in the united states senate wants to ensure we continue to make the tremendous environmental progress that we have made over the past few years. we really have. the clean air act of many years ago has cleaned up the air, we have had successes. unfortunately, this administration's regulations are failing to strike that balance between growing our economy and improving our environment. rather, this agenda is about killing our ability to run this machine called america. again, i wan
he is really my brother, but if you have been to west virginia and to ohio and to illinois, to michigan, to missouri and the rest of the coal states as i have and personally visited with the proud fourth and fifth generation coal families as i have and certainly the occupier of the chair has and you know that they will lose their livelihood if alexander pryor saves the e.p.a.'s effort to kill coal, i can't just stand by and idly allow that to happen. let me conclude by speaking to my friends in...
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we have a colleague, a good friend of mine from detroit, michigan who was homeless. after his homelessness he went on to college and became a state representative, state senator. now he's a member of congress. you have bright futures, a lot of for our society. we as a society and institution here need to do a better job of trying to help get folks the resources they need, and that's what i think the chairman is thrilled about command and looking for to supporting that. appreciate your testimony today, and we're going to take it and try to address the situation is brought up. i just wanted to make sure you know how proud of you we all are. thank you. >> thank-you. >> just a brief comment. i think these young people have given us an opportunity today to understand that this is not a problem for democrats or republicans or conservatives will liberals. this is an american problem. it deserves an american solution i look forward to working with you to reach the solution. >> mr. miller. >> okay. >> thank you. mr. davis. >> the only thing i would sarah weber, mother when i
we have a colleague, a good friend of mine from detroit, michigan who was homeless. after his homelessness he went on to college and became a state representative, state senator. now he's a member of congress. you have bright futures, a lot of for our society. we as a society and institution here need to do a better job of trying to help get folks the resources they need, and that's what i think the chairman is thrilled about command and looking for to supporting that. appreciate your testimony...
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one of them by a adamle democrat and just enough michigan the republican with a scale back a highly contested provision about indefinite detention created in last year's version of law by saying it does not apply to the domestic arrest to the couple more minutes left me also show you this from the journal for the new mission in the job and this is on private leads to scientific worries. now the officials are debating whether the plans may be faster in the jobs to stimulate the economy tension between boosting science or the economy erupted during a meeting this year the agency's headquarters in washington addressing a group of high level of sight and emphasize the game of outsourcing causes the transportation to the industries to thousands of high-tech jobs. all right, back to the debt ceiling. vivian tweets boehner once another sequestration i guess the one we have isn't enough. next is york pennsylvania. leroy come independent. good morning, sir. .. everything doesn't have to be top-of-the-line because you just happen to be senator this year. you know, do something for the people. hey, take
one of them by a adamle democrat and just enough michigan the republican with a scale back a highly contested provision about indefinite detention created in last year's version of law by saying it does not apply to the domestic arrest to the couple more minutes left me also show you this from the journal for the new mission in the job and this is on private leads to scientific worries. now the officials are debating whether the plans may be faster in the jobs to stimulate the economy tension...
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the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i rise today to oppose the roberts amendment 1826. my friend from kansas and i worked together on the agriculture committee. i appreciate the great bipartisan work that we have been able to do, but i stand today to strongly oppose this amendment. i believe that when it comes to energy, we should do it all. we need more domestic production, wind, solar, electric vehicles, advanced batteries. we absolutely need to stop our addiction to foreign oil and create jobs here in america at the same time. and fortunately that is not what this amendment does. it includes the hoeven language that we defeated earlier last week. we be building a pipeline from canada to china. if we build a pipeline, we should use the oil to lower gas prices for american families. it also includes dangerous requirements for drilling in the arctic and in offshore locations without any safeguards. worst of all, it ends tax cuts for wind and clean energy manufacturing at a time when families are paying so much
the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i rise today to oppose the roberts amendment 1826. my friend from kansas and i worked together on the agriculture committee. i appreciate the great bipartisan work that we have been able to do, but i stand today to strongly oppose this amendment. i believe that when it comes to energy, we should do it all. we need more domestic production, wind, solar, electric vehicles, advanced batteries. we absolutely need to stop our addiction...